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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Makes you proud to be an American."
(b) "Today might be my last on earth."
(c) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(d) "Here comes trouble."

2. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Pillaged and looted villages.
(b) Destroyed homes unnecessarily.
(c) Drank and partied in the streets.
(d) Distributed food and began rebuilding.

3. How does General William Buster feel about the Vietnam War?
(a) He thinks it was heroic.
(b) He thinks it was necessary.
(c) He thinks it was useless.
(d) He thinks it was unnecessary.

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make lotions.
(b) To make nitroglycerine.
(c) To make salve.
(d) To make soap.

5. What was a victory girl?
(a) A girl who danced at the USO and wrote letters to soldiers.
(b) A girl who joined the Women's Army Corps.
(c) A girl who sang with Bob Hope.
(d) A military nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

2. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

3. What was a Victory Garden?

4. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?

5. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?

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